*EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas!
<snip> >> ... Two by four construction lumber is still the same >> dimensions (more like 1.6in by 3.2in). >> > And in the UK, they still call it four-by-two (otherwise > Cockney rhyming slang wouldn't make sense) and it is a lot > closer to its nominal dimensions. If I had to guess, it's because the UK is a lot more humid and the lumber wouldn't shrink as much? <g> Makes me wonder whether dimensional lumber in Seattle is bigger than in Texas. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
